In 1989, a 25-year-old man, Marc Lépine, killed 14 female engineering students at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, calling them feminists.

In his suicide note, Lépine wrote:

“Would you note that if I commit suicide today it is not for economic reasons … but for political reasons. Because I have decided to send the feminists, who have always ruined my life, to their Maker … I have decided to put an end to those viragos.”

Here is how Canadians are remembering this tragic event on social media.

Mike MacDonald is a news editor and writer at Postmedia. His writing also appears weekly in The Onion. When not working, Michael can be found playing crunchy grooves on his ukulele in his Toronto home... read more.View author's profile